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Calpulalpan
Parish of San Antonio de Padua
Parish of San Antonio de Padua
Official seal of Calpulalpan
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Nicknames: 
Spanish: La puerta grande de Tlaxcala
(transl. The big door of Tlaxcala)
Calpulalpan is located in Mexico
Calpulalpan
Calpulalpan
Location in Mexico
Country  Mexico
State  Tlaxcala
Municipality Calpulalpan
Foundation 1608
Area
 • Total 9.98 km2 (3.85 sq mi)
Elevation
2,591 m (8,501 ft)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total 33,263
 • Estimate 
(2015)
37,752
 • Demonym
Calpulalpense
Time zone UTC-6 (CST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-5 (CDT)
Area code(s) 749

Calpulalpan officially as Heroic City of Calpulalpan, is a Mexican city, head and main urban center of the homonymous municipality, located to the west of the Mexican state of Tlaxcala. With 33 263 inhabitants in 2010 according to the population and housing census conducted by the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI), is the sixth most populous city in the state. It has an estimated population of 37,752 inhabitants for 2017, according to the National Population Council (CONAPO).

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